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Russia ramps up biometrics in transportation

By the decade’s end, 80% of Russian travelers will have to use biometry in public transport. That’s according to the draft national transportation strategy 2030, currently in development at the federal ministry of transport. However, potential consumers are far from sharing that vision. Soon after the news went on air, government-related national technological initiative Autonet […]

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Federated Wireless hopes spectrum leasing catches on

Federated Wireless on Wednesday announced the availability of its new Spectrum Exchange, a product the company hopes might create a standardized approach to spectrum license leasing. Importantly, Frontier Communications has agreed to use the new exchange to potentially purchase 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum leases. The company was not among the dozens of entities that purchased CBRS spectrum […]

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IoT’s role in wildfire detection

In 2020, wildfires in California burned more than 4 million acres, killing 33 people. Already this year, wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres and claimed the lives of three people, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Across the United States, 58,950 wildfires burned 10 million acres in 2020, according […]

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Where e-SIMs meet cloud-based platforms

Connected and autonomous vehicles need a way to connect to a mobile network. Ericsson predicts that all the manufactured vehicles will be cellular-enabled by 2025, “leading to an enhanced driving experience made possible by innovative connected services, like assisted driving and better infotainment”. Being cellular-enabled will require the vehicles to have e-SIMS to connect them […]

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Green waste-management solution lets Miami DPW managers monitor dumpster levels from afar

By now, everyone has heard of smartphones, smart televisions and smart home appliances—but what about smart dumpsters? A sustainable waste metering pilot program launched in Miami will see city dumpsters equipped “with rugged smart cameras that take photos of the inside … to measure how much and what types of waste are present,” according to a statement […]

News

Newscan: ShotSpotter sues Vice Media over gunshot-detection claims

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations ShotSpotter sues Vice Media over gunshot-detection claims CISA finalizes guidance for securing federal networks for remote users Baltimore schools monitoring student laptops for suicide risk Motorola makes billions from delays to new emergency-services radio network Boeing satellite plan advances to FCC vote 25% of all U.S. critical infrastructure […]

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Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover outlines uses of private wireless broadband for communities

Wi-Fiber CEO Adair Grover discusses the various use cases that municipalities and other entities can realize by implementing private wireless broadband within their jurisdictions. Not only can these private networks be deployed relatively quickly, but the ability to leverage LTE over CBRS spectrum means that the systems can support prioritization and quality-of-service functionalities that […]

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North American orgs hit with an average of 497 cyberattacks per week

New data released this week confirms what numerous others have reported as a massive surge in attacks against organizations worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic forced dramatic changes to workplace and operational environments. A recent analysis of threat activity by Check Point Software Technologies shows that the average number of weekly attacks on organizations globally so far […]

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UCLA develops human-powered medical wearables

Soft sensors for medical wearable devices could soon generate electricity using the motions of the human body. A soft, flexible self-powered bioelectronic device that converts human body motions into electricity has been created by a team of bioengineers at the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The magnetoelastic generator […]

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As cybercrime increases, local governments face uphill battle in hardening digital defenses

What would a small community do if its school district’s network was attacked by ransomware? What about if a municipally managed wastewater treatment plant in a rural county was shut down by a digital onslaught initiated by organized cybercriminals operating a continent away? With cyberthreats increasingly targeting municipal frameworks, these are the types of questions that constituents should be […]

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Russia ramps up biometrics in transportation

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Federated Wireless hopes spectrum leasing catches on

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IoT’s role in wildfire detection

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Where e-SIMs meet cloud-based platforms

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Green waste-management solution lets Miami DPW managers monitor dumpster levels from afar

News

Newscan: ShotSpotter sues Vice Media over gunshot-detection claims

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Wi-Fiber: Adair Grover outlines uses of private wireless broadband for communities

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North American orgs hit with an average of 497 cyberattacks per week

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UCLA develops human-powered medical wearables

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As cybercrime increases, local governments face uphill battle in hardening digital defenses

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It’s time to think strategically about portable firefighter radios

How effective data integration simplifies a complex ecosystem

Collaborative PS-IOT could supply missing pieces in public safety’s common operating picture

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Cloud security is key to cybersecurity resilience in state and local governments dlvr.it/SBGXKK

Newscan: Kentucky Supreme Court to decide police phone-warrant issue dlvr.it/SB5kxT

U.S. military spearheads private 5G for California first responders dlvr.it/SB5XWW

Netflix shows why telcos should fear AWS dlvr.it/SB3YtT

Samsung, Intel intro new IoT chips dlvr.it/SB3B8Y

FirstNet tops 2.8 million connections, 18,500 agencies after best quarter ever, AT&T says dlvr.it/SB2q9n

North Port, Florida utilities department depends on SCADA and remote alarm notification dlvr.it/SB24gP

Verizon emphasizes need for interoperability, resiliency in first-responder communications dlvr.it/S9zXPq